Entertainment & Experiences in Nashville, TN
12 places · 3 free · 10 indoor · Updated 2026-10-18
Lower Broadway
Free live music across the alley from the Ryman since 1960
The $6 Recession Special and the best traditional country on Broadway
The Mother Church of Country Music with the best acoustics in Nashville
Three floors of free live music plus Broadway's best rooftop views
Stand on the stage where Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline performed
Music Valley
100 years of continuous broadcast — the longest-running radio show in history
Green Hills
90 seats, strict silence, and the songwriter rounds that launched Garth Brooks
The Gulch
The best bluegrass room in America — cash only, no pretense, all musicianship
SoBro
The Smithsonian of country music — building shaped like a bass clef
Working letterpress since 1879 — the posters that gave Nashville its look
Percy Warner Park
Bluegrass under the full moon in Percy Warner Park — bring your instrument
Downtown
Nashville's original nightlife strip — grittier and more local than Broadway